Who among the following was the first female from India to receive the Nobel Peace prize?

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  1. Mother Teresa
  2. Nargis Dutt
  3. Indira Gandhi
  4. Sarojini Naidu

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Option 1 : Mother Teresa
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The correct answer is Mother Teresa.
  • Mother Teresa was the first woman was the close Indian ties to get the 1979 Nobel Peace Prize. 
  • Mother Teresa was born in Macedonia (then Ottoman Empire's Uskup) to parents of Albanian descent.
  • Mother Teresa came to India in 1929.
  • She was sent to Calcutta to be a teacher after she entered a nunnery.
  • After coming to India, she decided to serve the poor as she lived amongst them.
  • The pious lady was awarded Padma Shri in 1962 and Bharat Ratna in 1980.
  • She breathed her last breath on 5 September 1997.
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